One dead, two injured as building collapses during demolition in Lagos

One idiosyncratic has been killed and 2 others injured aft a two-storey gathering undergoing manual demolition partially collapsed successful the Alimosho country of Lagos State.

The incidental occurred successful the aboriginal hours of Thursday astatine No. 42, Governors Road, Aboru, prompting the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) to deploy its Alpha Eagle Response Team from the Cappa-Oshodi portion astatine 12:56 a.m.

The exigency responders arrived astatine the country soon aft receiving the distress call, cordoned disconnected the affected country and commenced hunt and rescue operations.

Preliminary findings by LASEMA indicated that the gathering collapsed portion workers were carrying retired manual demolition, leaving respective radical trapped beneath the debris.

A associated rescue cognition involving LASEMA, the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service and...